TWO Estonian men stole £260,000 of luxury watches in an armed raid less than 24 hours after landing in Britain to "look for work", a court heard.

Siim Rand and Koit Purde, both 25, burst into a jeweller's with a pellet gun and pepper spray.

The raid in Southampton, described by their lawyer as "bewilderingly unsophisticated", ended when they could not find a taxi to get away and police caught them fleeing on a bus, the city's crown court was told.

Judge Boggis QC said it was "beneath contempt" and jailed them indefinitely with a minimum five years before parole.